Chapter 36 - Muted Group Theory

Question 1

Thesis

Answer 1

The language of a particular culture doesn’t serve all its speakers equally, and language itself is often male oriented

Question 2

Muted Group

Answer 2

A low power group (including women) whose members change their language when communicating publicly. As a result their ideas are unheard/overlooked

Question 3

Impact

Answer 3

Society expectations on women and not on men

Question 4

Gatekeeper

Answer 4

Editors and other arbiters of culture and information who determine which books, articles, plays, films, etc. appear in the mass media and how they are treated (most are men)

Question 5

3 Areas Where Online is Less Sexist

Answer 5

1) Online Education - provides opportunity for working women to pursue learning, although men still often dominate [women with responsibility at home or working]. 2) Blogs provide a platform for women to find a readership, and women tend to tell more personalized, open-ended narratives that are well-suited to interactivity on the Internet. 3) The collaborative wiki model creates a more reflective environment for dialogue (less competitive and oppositional)

Question 6

Goal

Answer 6

To encode women’s experience into the received language of society